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Examples
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And men comen fro fer, by watre in schippes, and be londe with cartes, for to fetten of that gravelle.
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For in his contree, is the see that men clepen the Gravely See, that is alle gravelle and sond, with outen ony drope of watre: and it ebbethe and flowethe in grete wawes, as other sees don: and it is never stille ne in pes, in no maner cesoun.
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And the glasse, that is made of that grevelle, zif it be don azen in to the gravelle, it turnethe anon in to gravelle as it was first.
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Emlak: in the whiche ryvere ben manye preciouse stones, and mochel of lignum aloes, and moche gravelle of gold.
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And there is evermore gret wynd in that fosse, that sterethe everemore the gravelle, and makethe it trouble.
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That see is not more reed than another see; but in some place thereof is the gravelle reede: and therfore men clepen it the Rede See.
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And everyche of hem han before hem astrolabes of gold; sum speres, summe the brayn panne of a ded man, summe vesselles of gold fulle of gravelle or sond, summe vesseles of gold fulle of coles brennynge, sume veselle of gold fulle of watre and of wyn and of oyle, and summe oriloges of gold, mad ful nobely and richely wroughte, and many other maner of instrumentes aftre hire sciences.
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And there nyghe is the fosse of Mennon, that is alle round: and it is 100 cubytes of largenesse, and it is alle fulle of gravelle, schynynge brighte, of the whiche men maken fair verres56 and clere.
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It was the observation of an early age that “the Rede Sea is not more rede than any other sea, but in some place thereof is the gravelle rede, and therefore men clepen it the Rede Sea.”
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003
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That see is not more reed than another see; but in some place thereof is the gravelle reede: and therfore men clepen it the Rede See.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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